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Patented May .5, 1891.

EMBROIDERING MACHINE.

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LEONARD L. MICK, MATHIAS KURSTEINER, AND EMIL IANEN Z, OF PARIS, FRANCE.

EMBROlDERlNG-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 451,831, dated May 5,1891.

Application filed July 2, 1890. Serial No. 357,587. (No model.) Patentedin France July 26, 1889, No. 199,818; in England September 20,1889,1T0r14,874, and in Belgium October 1,1889,N0. 87,921.

T0 on whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, LEONARD L. MICK, MA- THIAS KURSTEINER, and EMILIANENZ, the two first citizens of the Republic of Switzerland and thelast a citizen of the United States, all three residing at Paris, inFrance, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inEmbroidering and Printing Machines, (for which we have obtained patentsin France, dated July 26, 1889, No. 199,818; in England upon anapplication No. 14,874, dated September 20, 1889, and in Belgium datedOctober 1, 1889, No. 87,921,) of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to an embroideringmachine which, besidespreserving without any alteration the main features of the Swissmachines, (whether operating with discontinuous or multiple threads, asHeilmanns machine or with a continuous or single thread, like Rietersmachine,) is provided with mechanism which prints the fabric inproportion as the embroidered design is produced thereon, and thatwithout necessitating any alteration in the mode of operation of theembroidering devices, the object thus obtained being the manufacture ofa fabric which, both by means of well-known machinery and by additionalparts constructed according to our invention, is provided with a printeddesign fitting in, in any desired or predetermined manner, with theoutlines and figures of the embroidered design.

This embroidering and printing machine is merely characterized by,first, a printing mechanism comprising circular dies movable about theircenter, the number of which is equal to that of the needles in theordinary embroidering-frame and their center being on a line with theaxes of the said needles.

To enable our improvements to be more readily understood, we haverepresented them in the accompanying drawings, as applied to the Swissembroidering frame or loom, according to Heilmanns system.

The same letters of reference indicate like parts in all figures. Thesmall letters refer to new parts and the capitals to the wellknowndevices of the Swiss embroider-in g machine already alluded to.

Figures '1, 2, and 3 are full-sized views of the new parts, combinedwith the ordinary embroidering-frame. Figs. 4, 5, and 6 show atone-fourth full size the novel parts as applied to Heilmanns machine,which is represented in the act of printing a design upon suitablefabric. Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the printing mechanism in theposition which it assumes when printing and while the dies are suppliedwith color or ink. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the printing mechanism, wherein the dies are operated by means of the rack 9. Fig. 3shows the same mechanism in the identical position, but with the diesoperated by pinions arranged between each pair of toothed wheels f,inclosing the dies 6. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the two curved famesof the ordinary embroidering-machine brought near each other to enablethe printing devices to print upon the fabric L, stretched upon themovable frame I-I. Fig. 5 is a front elevation of the printing mechanismsupposed to be operated by pinions interposed between each pair ofgear-wheels f, each of which wheels surrounds one of the printing-diese; and Fig. 6 is a front elevation of the printing mechanism, supposedto be operated by means of a movable rack g, which acts upon each of thegear-wheels f, surrounding one of the printing-dies.

The printing mechanism, Figs. 1,2, and 3, consists of a supportor-bracket q, rigidly secured to the horizontal rod A of theembroidery-machine by means of one or more screws (1 This supportextends upwardly and is provided with an eye 1" to receive the pivot ofan arm provided with a projecting finger p, which rests against thevertical side of the support q when the printing-dies e are vertical.This arm 19 constitutes the support of a T-shaped bar, the Vertical wingZ of which supports the dies, the surrounding toothed wheel f and therack or the pinions, as the case may be, operating the said dies. Thevertical wing or arm Z is perforated in such a manner that in front ofeach of the needles y of the frame there is an opening through which theshaft or spindle h of a cog-wheel f may pass, the said wheel f beingprovided with a small concentric recess for the reception of thecircular die 6, which is adjusted and secured to the said wheelf bymeans of a pin f and retained in position'by a thin latch f. Upon theshaft h of the wheel f is secured a ratchet-wheel h, having, preferably,twelve or sixteen teeth, according to the number of difierent positionswhich it is desired that the dies e should be adapted to assume. WViththe teeth of this ratchet-wheel h a pawl 70, operated by a spring isconstantly engaged in such .a manner that the motion of the rack g or ofthe pinions g, interposed between each pair of toothed wheels f, causesthese wheels to turn only onetwelfth or one-sixteenth of a completerevolution at a time and that the dies'are invariably stopped at thesame point or in the same position during the printing operation. Thusby pushing the rack g or by rotating any one of the pinions g, as thecase may be, all the dies 6 are simultaneously set in motion upon thehorizontal bar Z. Vhen the printing is stopped and when the embroideringis to he proceeded with, the arms 19, along with the whole of themechanism they support, are turned back on their pivots 1' onto theeccentrio-shaft Q of the machine, whereby the embroidering-needles Y arereleased and enabled to perform their work upon the fabric L in theordinary way.

Upon the rail or bar A of the frame 0,

Figs. 4, 5, and 6, opposite the rail or barsupporting the printingmechanism a support q is arranged similar to that shown at q, theupright portion of which is also provided with an opening or eye 1",wherein the arm 19 is pivoted, which arm supports aT- piece Z, uponwhich a flexible pad e is placed opposite each of the dies e, so as toform as many counter-dies as there are dies opposite.

It will be understood that printing mechanism such as described isarranged both upon the upper and lower rods or rails A of the curvedsupporting-arms O of the ordinary embroidering-loom, both of which videdwith needle-holders.

The operation of this embroidering and printed designs printing machine,producing exactly concordant with those obtained by embroidering, is asfollows: In front of the needles Y, held by the ordinary holders P,

the arm p is first turned on its pivot "rin the bracket q, so as to movethe printing mechanism into a vertical position that is parallel to thefabric L, upon which the designs are to be carried out, and which isstretched in proper position upon the frame II. In the same way oppositethe needle-holders P on WVhen the carriages I, rolling by means of 1 thewheels F upon the rails or ways G, have carried back the curved arms 0behind the fabric L, the ink may be applied to the dies ape are proinany preferred manner. hen ink has thus been supplied to the dies 6 andto the counter-dies e, turned against the said dies (2, and having beenbrought near to the material to be printed upon by the left carriagebeing moved toward the frame H, the right carriage is now moved towardthe fabric with greater or less speed, so that the dies are brought incontact with the material and im print thereon the designs with whichtheir printingsurface is provided. The carriages are then moved awayfrom the material or fabric L, and the latter may then be shifted in theordinary manner in accordance with the set shape of anoperating-pantograph controlling the frame H, which carries the fabricL,'whereupon a fresh supply of ink having been conveyed to the dies 6the carriages I are again brought near the fabric L, and an impressionof the same design in the identical position is obtained in another partof the fabric. W hen the designs formed upon the dies 6, Fig. 2, are notsymmetrical in relation to the center of the die and when it is desiredto produce by means of the same die a series of similar designs, butinclined under a different angle to the vertical axis of the stretchedfabric, the rack 9, Figs. 2 and 6, is pushed eitherbyhandorbymachinery--say by a suitable lever-so as to impart motion to all the toothed wheelsfat once, thereby also causing the dies forming part of the said Wheelsto rotate with them. By such means the leaf e Fig. 2, maybe inclined ata variable angle in relation to the perpendicular, passing through thecenter of the die. The operation of the'dies e e may also be effected bymeans of one of the pinions g, Figs. 3 and 4, interposed between eachpair of spur-wheels, upon which they are to act. Motion being thusimparted to the dies 6 6 ink is supplied to them in the manner explainedabove, whereupon the fabric L' is printed on, as described, its positionbeing changed or not as occasion requires. When the printing is stopped,the arms 19 and p are turned back one into the eccentric shaft Q of eachof the curved arms 0, (arm 19 carrying the printing mechanism and theother arm 19 the counter-dies.) The needles Y and their holders P arethus released, and the embroidering may be proceeded with in theordinary way. The stitches that will thus be produced may be madeexactly concordant with the printed design obtained before; or,conversely, the design may be first embroidered upon the fabric L, and aconcordant printed design produced subsequently.

We claim- 1. The combination, with an embroideringmachine, of a printingattachment movable into or out of the path of the embroideringneedles,substantially as described.

2. The combination, with an embroideringmachine having the needles andsupporting bar or rail therefor, of a printing attachment pivotallymounted on said bar or rail and adapted to swing down in front of theneedles, and a co-operating pad for said printing attachment,substantially as described.

3. The combination,with an embroideringmachine having a series ofneedles and the supporting bar or rail therefor, of a printingattachment pivotally mounted on said bar or rail and having a number ofindependent dies corresponding in number to the number of needles andadapted to swing into or out of position with the dies in front of theneedles, substantially as described.

4. The combination,with an embroideringmachine having a series ofneedles, of a printing attachmenthaving a series of rotatable diesmovable into and out of the path of the needles, and mechanism,substantially as described, for simultaneously rotating said dies, asset forth.

5. The combination,with an embroideringmachine having a series ofneedles, of a printing attachment having a series of rotatable diesmovable -into and out of the path of the needles, gear-Wheels on saiddies, and a rack engaging all of said dies for rotating the samesimultaneously to vary the angle of the pattern, substantially asdescribed.

6. The combination,with an embroideringmachine having a series ofneedles and the bar A, of the support clamped to said bar, the arm 19,pivoted to said support and having the downwardly-projecting arm 1), andthe series of dies mounted on said arm and adapted to rest in the pathof the needles to print the fabric and to swing back out of the way topermit the needles to work, substantially as described.

7. In an embroidering and printing machine, the combination, with aprinting mechanism comprising a series of circular dies movable abouttheir centers corresponding in number to the number of needles Y in theembroidering frame or loom, the center of each die corresponding to anextension of each needle, and each die being embedded and held in thecenter of a toothed Wheel f, mounted on a shaft h, supported by one ofthe T-shaped bars Z, secured to the arm 19, pivoted in a standard orbracket g, which in its turn is attached to the ordinary horizontal barA of the machine, of the series of needles and gearing connecting thetoothed wheels on the dies with means for imparting motion thereto,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we have hereto set our hands in the presence of thetwo sub scribing witnesses.

LEONARD L. MICK. MATHIAS KURSTEINER. EMIL IANENZ.

Witnesses:

ALBERT MAULVAULT, R. J. PRESTON.

